The storm began shortly after midday yesterday, with tennis-ball-sized hail falling at Kumbia near Kingaroy, tearing off roofs and even knocking birds from the trees.

But the storm did more than create structural and wildlife damage.

Emergency crews helped two women and a baby who suffered cuts when their car was savaged by hail near Kingaroy while another person was rescued after lightning dropped a tree across their vehicle near Beaudesert.

Fiona Simpson warned nearby residents to take care. Picture: Facebook

Pictures have this morning emerged from the incident near Kingaroy, with Fiona Simpson posting on social media about her experiences.

"I've learnt my lesson, never drive in a hail storm," she wrote.

Pictures show her back covered in huge bruises which she said were caused when her car windows blew out and she tried to cover her baby from being hit by the huge hail stones.

As the weather bureau issued warning after warning, rain poured across Brisbane and the southeast and winds and hail did vast damage in a belt from Kingaroy to Gympie and on to Maryborough and south of Bundaberg.

Damage from the supercell storm that hit Kumbia on Thursday afternoon.Daniel Pelcl

Emergency crews helped two women and a baby who suffered cuts when their car was savaged by hail near Kingaroy while another person was rescued after lightning dropped a tree across their vehicle near Beaudesert.

The bureau used "tornado" to describe the winds.

It came after a super cell whipped through northern NSW fewer than 24 hours prior.

A Federal man died when a fig tree fell on his house during the overnight storm.

A man died after a fig tree fell on his cabin at Federal in a storm last night.Marc Stapelberg

The man, who has not yet been named at the request of police, was inside his Kings Road home when part of a nearby fig tree fell, destroying the structure.

A neighbour said he was "always a very good neighbour" and a lovely man.

The final tornado warning was cancelled at 5.30pm, but the weather bureau said the Wide Bay and Burnett and parts of the Central Highlands and Coalfields, Capricornia, Darling Downs, Granite Belt and South Coast districts were likely to see severe thunderstorms.

Greenfields resembled snowfields at Long Flat south of Gympie. Picture: Lachie Millard

The severe storm turned the Cooloola Cove Woolworths into something like a movie set, according to customer Kate Whiteway who was in the store when large amounts of water started pouring through the roof.

Mrs Whiteway went to the supermarket after collecting her two teenage children from school, when minutes later up to 20 customers found themselves surrounded by flooding water near the registers.

"As I got to the counter hail hit outside," Mrs Whiteway said.

Woolworths Floods :
Customers were forced to evacuate the Cooloola Cove Woolworths when it was inundated with water in yesterday's severe storm.